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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Edward Evers <dr.edward11evers@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Edward Evers <edwardeversforthefamily@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:28:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY (Message from Edward Evers)


 Dear Friend,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me in person the purpose of my introduction is that, I am Edward Evers, the only son of Mr.Lube Evers, Who was recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe.

Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$20,500,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in one of the private security company, I am seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred, so that is why i contacted you to work with me as the receiving partner in your country. If you accept, I will put you forward as the beneficiary of the funds and transfer the money to you so if you are interested, then let me know so we can proceed as time is very important to me. I wait for your contact details so we can go into action. In less than 7 days, the money should have been in your position and I will come over for my money. I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me because I know that nothing goes for nothing, I hope I am been fair to you for your assistance as my receiving partner.

Please reply me through my private email address (edwardeversforthefamily@gmail.com) and Call me at +277-4610-5256 as soon as you receive this letter for further details.

Thank you and God bless you as you read to assist me.
Kind regards,
Edward Evers.
(For the family)

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